Chapter 158: Ten Past Ten

"Difficult to handle?"

Zhang Su grinned and took out the walkie-talkie: "Hello, hello, Bo-zai, we have a situation here. If we don't return within half an hour, tear down that wall we just climbed over. Also, lure the zombies at the main gate over, received?"

"Received, hehe!"

Soon, faster than anyone on Old Li's side, there was a reply from the other side.

"You! Don't mess around!"

"You dare to do this!"

That "hehe" full of madness made people not dare to underestimate it, especially Wu Daqiang, Little Liu, and Gangzi. Their faces changed immediately.

"You talk to me about order, and I follow the rules of the game. But if you play mind games with me, I'm the person least afraid of flipping the table. Come on, Old Li, come up with a plan I'm satisfied with, but be quick."

Zhang Su tapped his watch and started a half-hour countdown!

A tense atmosphere spread instantly.

Zhang Su spread his hands and said very seriously. It could be seen that he wasn't being a rascal, but expressing his true inner thoughts.

Little Liu glared at Zhang Su angrily.

From Zhang Su's perspective, if he could pull the three soldiers into his team, it would greatly improve the combat power of the entire team. But it was clear that the soldiers' style was incompatible with the team he led.

"Of course we can't use guns!" Little Liu pointed to Zhang Su's shoulder: "Use your crossbows, three shots each, the one with the higher score wins!"

Little Liu had anger on his face and patted the rifle on his shoulder.

"In this environment, you actually disregard everyone's safety and lure monsters to attack us. What is your intention?"

Old Li saw the risk of the situation escalating and hurriedly stopped them, saying: "Brother Zhang, Little Wu, look, does this work!"

Old Li's idea was to recruit more ambitious people to build a safe camp. He was quite wary of Zhang Su but very covetous of Zhang Su's partners.

But this silence didn't represent speechlessness, but a feeling that this competition didn't seem like a big deal.

Little Liu and Gangzi still wanted to say something, but the NCO with a higher rank than them had spoken, so the two didn't say anything more. Wasn't there still a competition? Just win the competition!

"Let me say one thing..."

"You say first, what are we competing in?"

"That's exactly it. Isn't this obviously pitting people? Damn, flip the table!"

"Hey, comrade, don't be excited. I look after my people's safety, you look after yours. What's the problem? You wouldn't demand I have the consciousness to save all of humanity, would you? I can't do that, I hope you can!"

"Fine, then we will also reduce our share by ten percent and leave it for Little Liu and Gangzi as encouragement for the two soldiers' contribution. That's fair, right?" Old Li said very honestly.

"Everyone look, the environment of this military camp is great. There are farmlands nearby, weapons in the barracks, and high walls all around. We can build a safe zone here, take in survivors, and develop together. The future is promising!"

Silence. No one answered.

Old Li was not angry because Zhang Su exposed his scheme; instead, he went with the flow and talked about recruiting.

"We also welcome you to join!"

A strange light flashed in the depths of Zhang Su's eyes. If it was just bargaining, he could accept it, but poaching in front of him was a bit unkind.

His strange expression fell into the eyes of Old Li's group, making them unreadable.

"How about this: we have a competition. If you lose, you take twenty percent of the guns, ammunition, and grenades. If you win... fifty-fifty. This is the biggest concession we can make."

"Fine, use the crossbows, it's a deal!"

Hearing this, most of Zhang Su's group fell silent.

Zhang Su refused decisively and sneered: "It's reasonable for the two soldiers to clean up the camp and organize the weapons, leaving a portion. But why is it only my share that's being reduced, while your side remains unchanged? It seems you still treat me as an honest man to bully!"

"Impossible!"

Zhang Su shook his head and sighed: "Old Li, Old Li, you are truly treacherous. Whether you stay in the military camp or Officer Wu pulls the two soldiers into your team, you are already one group. Is there any point in going back and forth?"

"We haven't used rifles, damn it, how can we compete?"

Zhang Su calculated in his heart. Fifty-fifty was much more equipment than thirty percent. Just the bullets alone would be ten thousand more. It's just that they had to compete first. If they lost, only twenty percent would be left...

"Compete in shooting. Don't you want guns? I'll see your marksmanship! If you win, fifty-fifty. If you lose, take twenty percent, and goodbye!"

"Got it!"

And with Old Li, who clearly didn't want to be under anyone, the two sides would definitely find it hard to get along harmoniously.

"Faithless and untrustworthy. Old Li, before the cooperation, you talked big about order with me. Do you deserve to talk about order? Fine! Since we're talking about this, let me ask: is there anyone willing to follow a person like him?"

However, Zhang Su wasn't angry. The smile at the corner of his mouth was harder to suppress than an AK-47. He had a strange expression and said: "You're sure about competing in shooting? There are so many zombies nearby, the sound of gunfire will easily attract them. Aren't you afraid of an accident?"

According to Old Li's distribution method, Zhang Su's group could only take thirty percent.

If he couldn't even see through this little trick, Zhang Su wouldn't need to lead everyone to survive in the apocalypse.

Zhang Su's side was filled with righteous indignation. A soldier competing against ordinary people in shooting was simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

Wu Daqiang suddenly spoke, his expression very conflicted. He was stimulated by Zhang Su's words about being faithless and untrustworthy: "You want weapons, right? I did promise you, but I didn't expect there would be brothers who survived..."

"We will still only take two shares. Little Liu and Gangzi are the masters of the military camp after all, and they have made so many contributions. It's only right they take the majority. They take half, and the rest belongs to you, Brother Zhang!"

"This is too bullying..."

That is to say, let the two soldiers take sixty percent, and Zhang Su still takes thirty percent.

"It's a deal!"

Indoor shooting range.

It didn't look bright enough with only natural light. Fortunately, the overall environment was clean, thanks to the disaster breaking out in the morning, so no one had come to the indoor shooting range to practice. However, due to the heavy rain, a faint damp and rotten smell still drifted in the air.

"You choose the event: moving target, 30-meter target, 50-meter target." Little Liu stood straight and raised his hand to introduce the shooting range.

"There's no electricity, so how can it move? Are you going to drag the target?" Zhang Su asked speechlessly.

Little Liu felt embarrassed: "Then the 30-meter target and 50-meter target, you choose!"

"To show the importance we attach to this competition, our sharpshooter will fight. Old Tan, you choose."

Zhang Su nodded at Tan Huajun.

Zhao Dezhu and the few elders who knew the situation kept their eyes on their noses and noses on their hearts, worried about showing an unnatural smile that would arouse unnecessary suspicion from the other party. The newcomers who joined later were slightly surprised.

Old Li's side, plus the three soldiers, all frowned. A chubby big sister?

Is this intentional humiliation, hoping we get emotional and perform poorly?

All tricks are paper tigers in the face of absolute strength!

They felt contempt for Zhang Su's behavior.

"Ah?"

The person involved, Tan Huajun, was a bit surprised and said nervously: "Brother Su, I... my psychological quality isn't good, and the stakes are high. Why don't you do it?"

"I believe in you!" Zhang Su patted Tan Huajun on the shoulder. Rather than saying he believed in Tan Huajun, it was better to say he believed in the 【Insight Tag】. He continued: "Look, everyone went out together to rescue Old Tan and Lanlan. Isn't it time to show your true skills and do something for the team?"

Speaking of this, Tan Huajun was indeed grateful. She scanned the faces of the crowd and nodded heavily: "I will do my best!"

With that, she took off the crossbow from her shoulder and said: "Let's choose the 30-meter target. It's pitch black, and it's too far to see clearly."

Old Li frowned slightly. As sharp as he was, he felt something was wrong, but it was useless to say anything at this time.

Little Liu nodded and said: "Fine, but for fairness, we must use the same crossbow and adopt an alternating shooting method. That is, you shoot once, I shoot once, to avoid errors caused by different fatigue levels!"

"No problem. For even more fairness, let's not use mine. Use Brother Su's crossbow."

Tan Huajun handed the crossbow in her hand to Zhang Su, indicating they could start.

"Sister Tan, come on, you're the fattest, oh no, the best!"

Zheng Xinyu waved her fists and cheered for Tan Huajun in a humorous way.

"Come on, Old Tan!"

"Sister Tan, one shot, one soul!"

"Come on, Little Tan!"

Everyone cheered for Tan Huajun.

A row of 30-meter targets was right in front. Little Liu took the crossbow from Zhang Su's hand, weighed it, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really a good piece, but it's a pity it followed the wrong person!"

"Why do you have so much nonsense? Hurry up and start!"

Zhang Su retorted directly, without leaving any face. But then he thought about it and said: "Hey, Soldier Brother, any thoughts on adding a stake?"

"What do you mean?" Little Liu frowned at Zhang Su and put down the crossbow in his hand.

"The previous stakes remain the same. Also, if you win, this crossbow is yours. If you lose, we take another ten percent of the weapons. How about that?"

Zhang Su suggested sneakily.

"Fine!"

"No!"

Little Liu answered very quickly, but Old Li resolutely denied Zhang Su's proposal to add a stake.

"This is inappropriate. Little Liu, let's stick to the original plan!"

Old Li had already sensed a trace of something wrong, but things had been pushed to this point, and there was no way to pull back, but he needed to avoid sinking deeper!

"Little Liu, I also think it's unnecessary! Just like this, come on, don't be distracted. You are the shooting king of the Third Squad!"

Wu Daqiang didn't doubt the strength of his subordinate soldier, but he believed in Old Li's judgment.

Little Liu scratched his head, feeling a bit unwilling. He quite liked the crossbow in his hand, but he still nodded: "Fine, then no added stake!"

"What a pity..."

Zhang Su shrugged, not caring, and stood aside with his arms crossed.

Little Liu didn't know what the other party was regretting. He raised the crossbow and aimed at the target.

"Go!"

With Little Liu's light call, with a "whoosh," the crossbow bolt flew out.

"9.5 rings!"

Gangzi walked quickly to the target to take a look and reported the number.

Zhang Su also followed to the target, his face sagging, and said: "Come on, tell me, where does the 0.5 come from?"

"It's in the middle of the 9-ring area, clearly biased toward the bullseye. Naturally, it's 9.5. If it were an electronic target, it would be at least 9.7!"

Gangzi pointed to the position where the crossbow bolt hit and said solemnly.

"Fine, fine, fine, badass."

Zhang Su was too lazy to argue. His confidence in Old Tan wasn't limited to single digits. He followed Gangzi back to the firing area.

Tan Huajun had already loaded the crossbow bolt, held the crossbow, and aimed. She didn't feel any difference from her own. She raised the crossbow, aimed at the target, aimed for a moment, and with a light sound, the bolt shot out!

From the perspective of others, Tan Huajun was extremely casual and relaxed. Four words: light as a cloud, gentle as the wind.

Old Li's side couldn't help but wonder if she had aimed at all, but they soon had the answer.

Thud!

The bolt stuck into the target. This time, there was no need to run close. Everyone, even from 30 meters away, could see it: dead center!

"This..."

Little Liu and the others looked at each other, shocked!

Zhang Su still ran to the target with Gangzi to take a look. He pointed to the bolt stuck in the middle of the red circle and said: "What's this, 10-point-something? So close to the center, 10.10!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 159 =====